France

L'Essor Mezin

Essor is a national association that provides services for people with social or family problems or in stituation of disability. Essor Mézin hosts a population of adults (aged from 18 to 60) with intellectual disabilities.

ERDES

ERDES plays an important role in the Professional Certification Leader of the Medico-Social Economy in the RNCP and ensures the relevance of the University Diplomas. It supports and strengthens ESPACE SENTEIN on technological watch, European referencing, the involvement of its students and the network of support made available to its members.

ASKORIA

ASKORIA is the first training organisation for the social intervention in France. Located in Brittany, it welcomes more than 9,000 people each year, thanks to its staff of 200 permanent professionals and more than 2,000 associate members. ASKORIA is a member of the UNAFORIS Britain Platform.

The association has a Regional dimension and regroups several local associations and organisations from the medico-social field to promote the professional integration of people with disabilities and to promote access to training and qualification.

Association Caminante

The Caminante Association was founded in 1997 and recognises the right of every person to be accepted and/or his/her family to be different: for the origin, color, sex, religion, political opinion. The Caminante association allows anyone to live their situation through sustained support. Independency, social and professional integration are the major challenges of Caminante's professional teams.

ARTS IRTS de Franche Comté

The Regional Association for Social Work in France-Comté was created by social actors, representatives of associations and professionals, to set up and ensure the management and development of the Regional Institute for Social Work (IRTS)

Children and adolescents with disabilities (ID) (0-6 years - 6-14 years - 14-20 years old)

Adults with intellectual disabilities (20 to 60 years - 60 years and over) dependent elderly (60 and over)

Services

1 . Education, Care and Learning (childhood and adolescence)

The Medical and Educational Institutes (IME ) welcomes and supports children and adolescents with severe disability due to mental and / or impairment of a “disability preventing them from realizing their lives in autonomous way ". The institutions, which working closely the with families, strive to enable each young person to prepare for the social reality and / or professional in his adult life. The services offered, stimulate and inspire every young to optimally use his expression abilities.

- Special Education Services and Home Care ( SESSAD ) aim to ensure equity of care and special education at home for children with intellectual disabilities.

1. Support consisting of :

advice and support for families and familiar surroundings of the child in difficulty,

deepening the diagnosis,

support the personal and professional development of the person

2;support for school integration and the acquisition of autonomy

Classes Inclusion School ( LCIS) and Inclusion Unit Localized School ( ULIS ) supplement this system and are designed to enable the support into mainstream schooling of some children and adolescents.

2 - Social and Professional Life ( adult workers ESAT , with or without accommodation )

Inclusion through employment

The Association considers that the work has been and remains a powerful tool for integration of the userGenet D’or has developed over the years a wide range of products and services in the most varied fields of industry, crafts and culture.

Demonstrating their expertise in meeting the needs of customers in difficult and competitive markets, the sheltered workshops ( ESAT ) des Moulins d'Or represent a place in society

- people requiring medical management coupled with traditional educational support . Here required the assistance of a third person for most essential acts of life.

• Hospitality House (MAS)

o disabled adults at least 16 years , without a minimum of autonomy and whose condition requires medical supervision and constant care ,

o psychiatric disorders should not be predominant ,

o no age limit , but the disability must be found before age 60 .

4 - Supporting Dependent Elderly Persons

Faced with an aging population Association Les Genets d'Or in 1989 created his first hosting institution for elderly dependent ( nursing homes ) in Brest. Since then, two other institutions were born in 1990 and 1994.

Since 2000, the Association has an authorization to support and care in nursing homes of elderly people with disabilities , with specific dedicated resources .

The establishments and care of these structures are in continuous improvement on what concerns their quality and the inclusion of the personal needs and users’ life projects within the services provided. The institutional practices are in line with what foreseen within the UN CRPD.